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Fantasy champion crowned

Forget
about Chelsea, Arsenal are the real winners this season - at least in terms of
Fantasy Football.

With a
whopping haul of 4271.5 points over the course of the season, 'arsenal' ended
the campaign sitting proudly on top of the pile.

But it was
a close-run thing, especially after a
relatively poor final day of the season from the eventual champions.

'Championship
Manager' fought valiantly until the bitter end and finished up a mere 1.5
points behind while 香港聯隊 came in third, a further 6.5 points
adrift.

Despite
their clear allegiance to the Gunners, 'arsenal' were grateful to a number of
Chelsea players for the title success, not least on the final day when Didier
Drogba scored 29.50 points and Salomon Kalou notched a valuable eight.

The
champions' policy of regular rotation served them well, with Drogba's selection
early in the season paying dividends before Carlos Tevez came into things later
on with spectacular effect.

Gareth
Bale's excellent recent form also paid off for 'arsenal' while less obvious
choices such as Danny Fox, Matthew Etherington, Charles N'Zogbia, Mark Noble
and David Dunn all reaped huge benefits at some stage during the season.

Inevitably,
some signings did not pay off - Shay Given in Week 11, Hilario in Week 24 and
Boaz Myhill in Week 30 spring to mind - but the inspired selections far
outweighed the mistakes over the course of the season and credit has to go to
the Fantasy Gunners for their fantastic achievement.

Final table 2009-10

1. arsenal
4271.5

2.
Championship Manager
4270

3. 香港聯隊 4263.5

4.
MarkusYNWA*
4249.5

5.
newcastle united are awesome 4248.5

6. turf
moor 4238

7. Anfield
Samba
4235.5

8. 李華月x彭丹
4228

9. TuHaU FC
[AM.Blog] 4226.5

10.
Kavedas(S11) 4223

Needless to
say 'arsenal' also topped the Supporters League as the so-called Big Four
remained curiously intact, despite what was happening in reality.

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